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Staff Focus: Sarah Nagra
Read more: Staff Focus: Sarah NagraSarah joined Mackman as a Client Lead in September 2014. Representing clients at every turn, she works closely with all departments – research, design, technical and communications – to ensure that we’re meeting our clients’ needs. Joining Mackman with a background in marketing, working alongside creative agencies across a wide range of projects, she has…
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Shellshock – Protection from the latest technical bug
Read more: Shellshock – Protection from the latest technical bugAt the end of last week, news about a potentially serious technical bug called Shellshock hit the headlines. It was reported that the bug is capable of affecting hundreds of millions of computers, servers and devices. But what is shellshock? And should I be concerned? The technical bug was found in Bash software, which is…
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University of Essex – 50th Anniversary
Read more: University of Essex – 50th AnniversaryEarlier this year, Mackman undertook the recruitment exhibition design for the University of Essex. Following its success, we were recently commissioned to produce a new exhibition piece in aid of their 50th anniversary. The brief was to produce high impact typography, which could be placed inside or outside depending on the the nature of the…
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Local Kitchen Designer Wins National Award
Read more: Local Kitchen Designer Wins National AwardRebecca Reynolds, Kitchen Designer at local kitchen firm, and Mackman clients, the Kitchen Showroom Ltd (KSL), won the prestigious award of Young Designer of the Year at the Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom Specialists Association (KBSA) annual national design awards on Tuesday 23rd September. “It’s so exciting to have won Young Designer of the Year”, said Rebecca.…
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Twitter & Pinterest Analytics Set to Help Social Marketers
Read more: Twitter & Pinterest Analytics Set to Help Social MarketersTwitter rolled out its new analytics platform this week, allowing businesses to make better use of their Twitter accounts. This came just days after the news that Pinterest too has opened up its analytical offerings to help businesses get the best out of social media. This data can feed into your content strategy, ensuring quality…
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Google Authorship No More
Read more: Google Authorship No MoreGoogle Authorship, introduced in 2011, was intended to link content to the people that created it, by using code to create a rich snippet that displayed a byline and photo of the author. Heavily connected to Google+, this would result in higher search rankings for those authors who had written a larger quantity of more…
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Local Kitchen Designer Nominated for National Awards
Read more: Local Kitchen Designer Nominated for National AwardsSudbury based kitchen, bathroom and bedroom specialists KSL, have been nominated for three prestigious awards at the upcoming KBSA National Design Awards. On Tuesday 23rd September, the Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom Specialists Association (KBSA) will be hosting their annual national design awards. Rebecca Reynolds, Kitchen Designer at local kitchen firm the Kitchen Showroom Ltd (KSL), has…
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KSL bring fresh design and style to new Cookery School
Read more: KSL bring fresh design and style to new Cookery SchoolSudbury’s Kitchen and Bathroom specialists, Kitchen Showroom Ltd (KSL), are designing a brand new, state of the art cookery school at Baythorne Hall. After four years planning and development, the disused former granary at Baythorne Hall in Halstead, Essex is undergoing a major transformation into a cookery school, kitchen shop and wine tasting and events…
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Britons: using tech more than we sleep
Read more: Britons: using tech more than we sleepA 2014 study by Ofcom has suggested that Britons spend more time using technology devices than we do sleeping. The results state that, on average, UK adults spend eight hours and 41 minutes using tech (texting, talking, typing, gaming, listening or watching), compared to the average of eight hours and 21 minutes spent sleeping. The…
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New people join the team
Read more: New people join the teamWe are delighted to announce we have welcomed two new additions to our award-winning team. Eliot Houghton and Mil Hare both joined us this month and we wish them every success at Mackman. We’re an ambitious organisation and have doubled in size in the last three years, with a team of 20 now making up…